Combined baby-carriage and cradle



Patented Apr. 4, |899.

'A No. 622,244.

M. LUGAK. CUMBINED BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

(Applimtion med Dec. 16, 1897 ATOHNEYS v Nrrnn STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

MIKE LUCAK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINED BABY-CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,244, dated April 4, 1899. Application fled December 15, 189'?. Serial No. 661,950. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, MIKE LUCAK, of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Baby-Carriage and Cradle; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to combined baby-carriages and cradles adapted to be arranged so as to be used as either or both, as desired.

The object of my invention is to'provide an article whereby economy of expense and also economyof room is obtained, inasmuch as by my invention the parts are so arranged that the body of the carriage can4 be made to act as a cradle-body by the proper adjustment of mechanism employed, and vice versa, thus obtaining an article that performs a twofold duty.

My invention consists in providing a platform suitably mounted on wheels and provided with springs intervening between the said platform and the axles of the wheels and a body mounted on rockers which rest on the platform and are secured thereto, as will hereinafter appear.

My invention also consists in the peculiar details of` construction hereinafter set forth and claimed, whereby the device is adapted to perform its twofold function or duty.

In the drawings, Figure I is a View in side elevation of a combined baby-carriage and.l

cradle embodying myinvention. Fig. II is a view in rear elevation of the same. Fig. III is a view in detail of a construction showing more clearly my preferred method of securing the rockers to the carriage-platform, and Fig. IV is a detail view showing one of the rochers and its securing means.

A A represent the wheels of a carriage, which are suitably mounted on axles B B.

C C represent springs, which are preferably formed as illustrated, having one end secured to the axle B and the other endl secured to the platform. Four of these springs are preferably provided and extend in opposite directions around, the axles.

D represents a platform which is secured to the upper end of springs C C. The platform D is connected to the axles B B and supported by the said springs.

E represents a carriage or cradle body, which is formed of anysuitable material and in any suitable or preferred style and provided with an adjustable canopy-top E', supported by means of a bracket-rod E2. The bracket-rod E2 is secured to the canopy-top E at the rear side of the said canopy and is at its lower end supported in guide-blocks c e. The block c is in turn provided with a thumb bolt or screw e2 for engaging the rod and holding it in proper vertical adjustment.

The bodyE is provided on its bottom with rockers F F, which rest at their lower or bearing surface on the platform D, on which they are intended to rock or operate when the device is used as a cradle. the rockers to the platform D and at the same time allow the body to rock in relation with said platform, I have provided a construction which is connected to each rocker and more clearly illustrated in Fig. III', wherein G desgnatesan eyebolt passing through an opening in the platform D and held at its lower threaded end by a nut G, an elastic washer H being interposed between the nut and the under side of the platform. A bolt G2 passes transversely through the rocker centrally of the length of the latter. The head g of this bolt bears against the outer side of the rocker, and its threaded end extends through the eye of the eyebolt G and is held by a nut g. The rocker is thus held upon the platform and the elastic washer H allows the eyebolt G to give and acts as cushion.

K K designate hooks loosely secured to the opposite sides of the platform by staples 7.", and adapted to engage loops or eyes Z, depending from the body of the carriage.l By engaging the hooks with the eyes Z the body is locked' to prevent rocking, while by disengaging said hooks the rockers are released, as will be apparent.

1; In a combined baby-carriage and cradle, the combination with a platform, its supporting-'springs connected to the platform and axle, and the running-gear,of a carriage-body, rochers secured to the body, vertically-arranged eyebolts passing through the platform,

In order to secure IOO to the platform, and loops or eyes on the car- 1o rage-body with which said loops engage.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica'- tion, in the presence of two Witnesses,this 16th day of November, 1897.

MIKE LUCAK.

Witnesses:

W. E. DONNELLY, ELLA E. TILDEN. 

